the administration announcing it will allow federal subsidies, meaning tax credits, if you purchase insurance on the private market outside of health care exchanges. a new tweak because technical problems blocked consumers in states such as maryland and oregon from buying coverage online. >> the subsidies available because of the affordable care act remain available no matter how you get your insurance and we are making sure cms is working closely with states to support their efforts to successfully implement their marketplace, and that includes making sure that those who are eligible for subsidies are able to receive them. >> now, late friday covered california which is an exchange hailed as a success announced that after five days of an outage around 14,000 consumers will have to redo their applications to complete the process. uma, back to you. >> all right, elizabeth, thank you very much. >> thanks. >>> coming up after the break, you're going to hear from one of the families that insists that the health care horror stories are indeed real. their story coming up next. [ male announcer ] yo